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Other times slowdowns are accompanied by acts of sabotage on the part of workers to provide further disruption. </p><p>Nonetheless, workers participating in a slowdown are often punished, sometimes by firing and other times by law. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Examples">Examples</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Slowdown&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Examples"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At <a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford</a>'s plant in <a href="/wiki/Dagenham" title="Dagenham">Dagenham</a>, UK, during the 1970s, workers introduced a go-slow after Ford management increased the <a href="/wiki/Production_line" title="Production line">production line</a> speed from 18 to 21 feet per minute. 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After a go-slow by production line staff, Ford management reduced the line speed back to 18 feet per minute.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 2011, <a href="/wiki/Qantas" title="Qantas">Qantas</a> engineers introduced an unusual slowdown where right-handed engineers used only their left hands to operate essential tools.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rule-book_slowdown">Rule-book slowdown</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Slowdown&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Rule-book slowdown"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Another form of slowdown is known as the rule-book slowdown. 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